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Published on June 05, 2012
IRATES DE FACTO: ARMENIAN CABINET TO HAVE SEPARATE OFFICE FOR VICE PREMIER
- The Armenian cabinet is in store for new structural reforms following the recent elections to the National Assembly, the paper has learned.
Citing "well-informed sources", it claims that the Government is planning to launch a separate institution for the vice prime minister and appoint the incumbent minister of territorial administration, Armen Gevorgyan, to the position.
According to the paper, vice premier will be tasked with coordinating the activities of all the committees and services adjunct to the executive.
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Headlines for June 05, 2012VIRGINIA HOSTS 20TH ARMENIAN FESTIVAL
The 20th Armenian Festival was held recently in the United States city of Alexandria, State of Virginia (US). According to a press release by the Foreign Ministry, the event was a joint initiative by ...ANCA CALLS ON CLINTON TO CONDEMN AZERBAIJAN'S FATAL ATTACKS INTO ARMENIA
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has dispatched an urgent letter urging US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to forcefully condemn a fatal Azerbaijani attack into the Tavush region of ...PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITALIZED AMID JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, BBC News reported. Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip, 90, had ...HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: CLINTON MEETS PROSPEROUS ARMENIA LEADER?
The paper says it has learned from the Prosperous Armenia members that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet with the party's leader, Gagik Tsarukyan, in the course of her visit to Armenia.
...ZHOGHOVURD: PRESIDENT UNABLE TO FIND CANDIDATE FOR LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER
The paper says it has learned from "well-informed sources" that President Serzh Sargsyan has difficulty in finding a suitable candidate who could run the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
The problem, ...CONGRESSMEN CONDEMN AZERI ATTACK
Members of the US Congress have condemned the cross-border Azerbaijani attack against Armenia, which left three servicemen dead and five others injured on Monday morning.
According to the Armenian National ...TURKEY TO FORM ARMENIA-MODEL DIASPORA
The Turkish government is undertaking serious steps on a state level for forming a more organized "Turkish Diaspora". For the first time the representatives of the 6 million Turks living abroad will gather ...YERKIR: ARMENIA FOOTBALLERS TO COMMEMORATE KILLED SOLDIERS BEFORE FRIENDLY MATCH
Before a scheduled match with Kazakhstan's football team, the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) is reportedly planning to observe a minute of silence in respect of the three soldiers killed in the ...IRATES DE FACTO: GAGIK BAGLARYAN - TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION MINISTER
The paper writes former mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan is said to be appointed territorial administration minister.
Citing its sources, the paper says the separation of the office of the vice prime ...IRATES DE FACTO: ARMENIAN CABINET TO HAVE SEPARATE OFFICE FOR VICE PREMIER
The Armenian cabinet is in store for new structural reforms following the recent elections to the National Assembly, the paper has learned.
Citing "well-informed sources", it claims that the Government ...FIFA ALARMED AT WIDESPREAD 'ABUSE' OF PAINKILLERS
Fifa's chief medical officer has said the "abuse" of painkillers is putting the careers and long-term health of international footballers in jeopardy. Dr Jiri Dvorak found that almost 40% ...IRAN, ARMENIA REACH AGREEMENT ON BUILDING MEGHRI POWER PLANT
Iran and Armenia have reached an agreement for the construction of Meghri hydroelectric power plant over the Arax River which forms the common border between two countries, Press TV reports. The agreement ...ARMENIAN ACTIVIST: LIKELIHOOD OF WAR HIGHER THAN EVER TODAY
The likelihood of a renewed war over Nagorno-Karabakh has reached its maximum level since the signing of ceasefire, Zhirayr Sefilyan, a member of Sardarapat Movement and a former commander of a special ...US STATE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ANNULLED
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is in Georgia's resort town of Batumi will not meet with Bidzina Ivanishvili the leader of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, Russian vz.ru reports. According ...GEORGIA, TURKEY DISCUSS JOINT ENERGY PROJECTS
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed with his Georgian counterpart Nika Gilauri implementation of joint strategic projects, in particular construction of Batumi-Kars-Akhalkalak railway ...PHOTOCHEMICAL FOG MAJOR THREAT TO YEREVAN - EXPERT
The photochemical fog looming over Yerevan and other cities and towns across Armenia is the major problem for the country, an Armenian environmental expert has warned.
At a news conference devoted to ...ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES ANNIHILATE FIVE AZERI SOLDIERS
The Armenian armed forces annihilated four Azerbaijani servicemen today in the morning at about 6.30 am on the line of contact in Tavush region. Another Azeri soldier died later of fatal wounds.
On ...FACEBOOK MULLS LOWERING AGE RESTRICTION
Facebook is considering ways to invite children younger than 13 onto its social network, the Washington Post reported. The move is thought to highlight what analysts say will be a recurring problem ...ARTSAKH PRESIDENT HAS BIG CHANCES FOR RE-ELECTIONS, EXPERT SAYS
Incumbent President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan has big chances to win in the upcoming presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh on July 19, political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told ...ARMENIAN, AZERI FMS TO MEET IN PARIS
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will meet in Paris on June 18, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told the reporters in Baku. He said the human ...WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATED IN ARMENIA
On the occasion of World Environment Day an event has been organized today at Armenia's State Museum of Nature. Representatives of a number of international, environmental NGOs, students, employees ...CLINTON FOCUSES MORE ON REGIONAL INTERESTS - ANALYST
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attaches a primary importance to regional interests as opposed to regional issues, according to Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, a political analyst.
Speaking to reporters ...U.S. TO OVERTAKE RUSSIA AS TOP GAS PRODUCER- IEA
A surge in unconventional supplies will see the United States overtake Russia as the world's biggest natural gas producer in 2017, but it will still need imports to feed a voracious appetite, the International ...OVER 11,000 APPLICANTS SIT FOR JOINT EXAM IN ARMENIAN
Some 11, 795 university applicants from Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are taking today their joint entrance examination in the Armenian language and literature.
Speaking to Tert.am, ...TURKISH, AZERBAIJANI, GEORGIAN FMS MEET IN TURKEY
Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia will meet June 8 in the Turkish town of Trabzon, Timeturk reports. The foreign ministers of the three countries are going to discuss issues on reinforcement ...SYRIA EXPELS WESTERN AMBASSADORS
Syria has declared as unwelcome the ambassadors of several Western states, a week after governments around the world expelled its top diplomats, BBC reports. The envoys of the US, UK, France and Turkey ...DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY ARMENIA TO BE MORE ACTIVE
The Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (Hayastani Ramgavar Azatakan Kusaktsutyun - HRAK) and the Armenakan Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia, which held a joint congress, on June 3, and reorganized ...RESIDENTS OF 106/1 NALBANDYAN MEET WITH YEREVAN MAYOR
Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan received on June 4 residents of 106/1 Nalbandyan Street. Speaking to reporters today, Eleonora Gabrielyan, a resident, said they showed to the mayor the photos of the ...AZERI RAIDING PARTY NEUTRALIZED: ALL KILLED SOLDIERS FROM AZERBAIJAN'S REGIONS
On June 5, at 6:30am, in the Tavush section of the Line of Contact, Armenian armed forces prevented an act of sabotage by an Azeri raiding party. The retaliation by the Armenian troops killed five Azeri ...HATRED TOWARD ARMENIA REDUCES IN TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE, TURKISH EXPERT SAYS
Role of mass media in Armenian-Turkish relations round table discussion continues in Yerevan with the participation of Turkish experts. On the sidelines of the event professor from Izmir University ...ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, HERITAGE IN PARLIAMENT
The MPs of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and of the Heritage party arrived at Armenia's parliament for the first time on Tuesday. Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisyan did not ...INJURED ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN RECOVER IN TAVUSH HOSPITAL
The health condition of five servicemen injured as a result of Azerbaijani subversion on June 4 is assessed of average gravity, while the health condition of serviceman Koryun Iritsyan is reported as ...ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ON VISIT TO JAPAN
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is on an official visit to Japan. In Sendai, the Armenian leader visited the monument to the victims of the earthquake and resultant tsunami. President Serzh Sargsyan ...REFUSE-FREE ARMENIA COMPETITION ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
On World Environment Day (WED) the 'We Can' movement organized the drawing competition Refuse-free Armenia, in Yerevan and Armenia's regions. About 70 children that gathered at the Yerevan children's ...ARMENIAN, KAZAKH DEFENSE MINISTERS SIGN MILITARY AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
A delegation led by Kazakh Minister of Defense Adilbek Jaksibekov arrived in Armenia for an official visit on Tuesday. The Kazakh Minister of Defense held a meeting with his Armenian counterpart and ...
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